Improvement in refrigerator-cars



' 3 Sheets-Sheet 2. O. F. JAURIET. Refrigerator-Oar.

No. 215,625. Patented May 20,1879.

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To all whom it may concern;

Be it known-that 1, CHARLES F. JAURIET,

' of Chicago, Goolicounty, Illinois. have invented certain Improvements in Refrigerator Cars, of -which the following is a specification.

' My improvements relate to that-class'of; re-j i'rigerator-cars in which the walls; floor and roof are hollow, and in which provision isinalde' for the automatic establishment of currents of air through ice-chests in the opposite ends of the ear and my invention consists in the ar 'rangement beneath each ice-chest'of a'dripf pan, the bottom of ;which has numerous pervents the water fromithe melted icelfomfall ing hrough the, perforations of the drip-pan by soljdirebtingitthat it fallson those parts oftheidrip-pan which are not perforated. By

tliismojd e of construction an unusually ample area of outlet is provided for'the fallfrom the chestof air cooled by contact with-thefice.

I arrange on the inner walls of the chest vertical wooden slats to establish spaces be- .tween the walls and the ice, and thus facilitate the passage of air through the chest.

air entering the top of. the iceby contact with the ice, and makes its way by its own gravitydownwardthrough the perforated 'shield, andthence throughthe perforations-iii the drip-pan to 'th'atportion of the car 'beneat lftfi :ice' eliest. 'lngdisposing of the d rip wate'r I' {employ a trap-box divided by a "central vertical partition into two compart- "ments,.each'of which is provided with a handh'ole, permitting access. to the compartment for the purpose of cleaning it whenever necessary.- j 1 In the accompanying drawings, represent 'ing a'refrigerator-car embodying my improve- 1 is a transverse section. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal'section-of onef endof the ear, taken on the line wwonFig'. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section ofpart ofthe same, taken on theline'y y, Fig. 2. Fig. ,4. is a plan of the bottomof' the ice-chamber. Fig. 5'is a longi- A tudihal' section of the'bottom'of the iee-cham her-, taken on, the line z z on Fig: 4. Fig. 6 is an elevation of the car-doors. Fig.-7 'is a-ve'rtieal section of thesame onthe line-V- Von-Fig. 6. Fig.8isalongitudinalseetionofthe sauiataken onthe line WW on Fig.6 andFi'g. 9 is a (1G-' tail view, on an enlarged scale, showing the construetionof the lappinge'dg of' the door. Thedrawings repreSentthQbody Aof a reirigerator-car.having air-spaces 'in its walls established by means of the inner casings, a, and partitions a. For the partitions a I em-: ploy oiled pasteboard," or preferably awoolen fabric. A lining of like material may be usefully applied to the'casing-boardsd within the air-space, if desired. Y I

' Each end of the ear is provided with an icechest, B. ,The front biof each'fc'hest, on the inside, which may eitherbe removable or fixed, as desired, is provided 'with a door, I), by

7 hich access may be hadto the interior of the ice-chest,- and also with openings I) for the ad-' mission of air into the upper part of the icechest. The innerfwalls of the ice-chestare provided with upright slats O, forthe purpose' of establishing vertical passages through which airfi'ntroduce'dinto the top: of the icechst may pass" downward. v

. I provide in the ice-chest the wooden frameor rack D for supporting the ice. This racli is preferably made in two divisions, each of which inclines toward the center, as shown in Fig. 5. Below the rackis a drip-pan, E, preferably made of sheet metal, and fastened to the bulk-head and the sides of the car. The

bottom of this pan contains numerous perforations 0, the edges of which are each provided with short upwardly-projecting flanges, as ,shown in Fig. 5. Thesejflanges may-be formed by turning up the material of the pan "itself,

or by soldering or otherwise securing; short tubes to the pan. The openings in the drippan permit the cold airfrom the ice-chest-to fall through into that part-pf the car beneath the ice-chest. The flanges around these open ings prevent the fall 011 the car-floor of water contained in the drip-pan. The bottom of the drip-pan is inclined from each end toward the center, where there isa discharge-opening, c. ,It' will, of course, be understood that the di- "rection of the incli ation m y be Varied: n

- forated. I preferably provide'the perforations shape of the flanged openings in the. drip-pan ately under the perforations f in the shieldplates F. The form and inclination of the of the inclined bottom 9 there isan-opening, 9, provided with a nozzle partments by h' foreach of the compartments h and h, and by this means am enabled to clean these comment h to prevent if varied, that the position of the discharge; openings must be likewise varied accordingly. Between the drip-pan and the wooden rack D, upon which the ice rests, is a perforatedshield-plate, F, which is suitably supported in such a position that water falling through theopenings in the shield-plate drops upon those parts of the drip-pan which are not perdoor, 0 The I provided with tight joint-wit f in the shield with downwardly-projecting flanges, which serve more certainly to so direct the drip-water that it shall not fall through the openings in the drip-pan. L

- It will be understood, of course, that the the ends is immaterial, so long as such openings are provided with shields, or, in other words, so

A pipe, 2', 11 long as they do not occupy positions immedishield-plates F are the pansv If desired, springs may be placed under the racks D to elevate them as the ice decreases in weight by melting. v

Immediately below the discharge-opening c is a hopper-or chamber, G, for receiving the water from the drip-pan. Atthelower end of the chamber G made to correspond with which, having ice, has fallen extending down into a drip-box, H. The lower part of this drip-box is divided into two com- .a partition, h, the upper edge of which reaches slightly above the lower end of the nozzle g, as shown in Fig. 2. 7

Inoperation, the drip-water falling'through the nozzle 9 is ,discharged into and fills the compartment h, and thence flows over the top of the partition it into the other compartment, If, at the bottom of which is a pipe,'h which extends through the bottom of the car, and serves to discharge the drip-water outside the car. The lower end'of the nozzle 9 is sealed by the water contained in the chamber h, and solid materialsor dirt carried out'of the icechamber by the drip-water are caught in the compartment hi and preventedfrom clogging the discharge-pipe h I provide hand-holessho be e v r iilent, the the openings the latter.

This packing I ingrooves in partments when necessary.

Salt may beintroduced into the compartthe water from freezing in strips, so as to cold weather. between them The trap-box may, if desired, be set a little abov'ethewater-box, as shown in dottedtlines in Fig. 2, and, of course, the position ofthe partition k may be so varied, if desired, as to increase the size of the compartment h, and, thereby provide a larger reservoir for the salt and water. 1 It will, of course, be understood that if there is a. discharge-opening at each end of the drippan there must be likewise a trap-box for each discharge, and that the construction of the,

trap-box may be modified'to adapt it to its are packed at like the walls F, substantiall location. forth.

be slightly inclined packing ,to enable it to makea passage, I, which extends car and-communicates with the top of each ice-chest. Thisduct passes or supports J of through the hatch-plug 0 as shown in I. The warmer The air-duct I may, just underneath the ceiling of the car, though I prefer the arrangement above described. It may also be dispensed with, and the circulaby making hbles j in the rafters, and also apertures j in the ceiling of the car,rnear the central portion of the latter, ;j and immediately over the ice -'chambers, as 1 and 3, in which case, as will pass up through tion be provided for in Figs.

thence from space through the holes hers through the aroundthe edges, the counter-faces strips by pins,

I also prefer to make. the strips, as shown-in Fig.9;

- The doors, whicharemade This opening is closed by sides of the hatchway should ,and-the stopper should beh the 'hatchway.

through the rafters the roof of the car, and also ear the center of the car, connects the interior of the car with the air-duct j air in the interior of the car rises, and is drawn through the pipez'into the air-duct, and thence discharged into thetop of the ice-chambers to take'the place of air,

been cooled by contact with the through the perforated plate F and the drip-pan into theflower part of the if desired, be located warmed air will j in the interior of the car; to space between the rafters, in thelatter, to the ice-chamholes in the ceiling justover The doors of refrigerator-cars must, of course, have air-tight joints, and in order to effect this I provide the doors K with packing-strips k of folded sheet-rubber or other suitable material which are compressed against when the doors are closed. make in a peculiar way by folding a strip of rubber, and securingthe edges the door, or between suitable provide a small dead-air space when the doors to overlap, and

the meeting joint, as. shown in Fig. 8, are'constructed with dead-air spaces of the car. H

. I claim as my invention- I.. In a refrigerator-car provided with an elevated ice-chest, the drip-pan E, provided with theflanged openings combination with the perforated shield-plate e in its bottom, in

as and for the purpose set are closed, and. 1 Packing 0f q f tf To effect the circulation of air from the in-- terior of the car through the ice-chambers at;

ofthe car, Iprovide an air duct or lengthwise of the Fig. 2'.

nails, or screws, as shown in Fig. 9. I prefer'to use two of these packing- 2. In a refrigerator-ear having an elevated each of the compertmentsh 'an'd h substanice-chest, the combination of the rack D for tia-lly as and for the purposes setforth.

"the support of the ice the perforated shieldi plateE, and the perferated drip-pan E, sub- PE E stantially as described. Witnesses: V

3. The trap-box H,'provided with a parti- L. A. BUNTING,

ti0n, h, and with hand-holes h opening intb I W5C; CORLIES. 

